Newly elected Libyan lawmakers meet amid chaos

In this image made from video, plumes of smoke and debris rise from a base of Islamic militias after a MiG fighter jet's strike in Benghazi, Libya.

In this image made from video, plumes of smoke and debris rise from...

BENGHAZI, Libya — More than three-quarters of this country's newly elected parliament met for the first time Saturday in a city chosen by a prominent anti-Islamist politician, likely signaling a swing against Islamists and extremist militias amid violence unseen since the 2011 civil war that toppled strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

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